Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Easter 2012

We had a busy weekend celebrating Easter with the family this year. Maritza flew in on Thursday night. My parents were nice enough to watch the kids so we could go to dinner and movie before picking her up at midnight. We stayed up until 2am talking and catching up. I miss my sister, but I know she is doing great things in Minnesota. :)

Friday we had day of shopping planned. Unfortunately my kids had other plans for me, so I decided to stay home and have a fun day with daddy since Max was a little sick and Maddie was cranky.
Early Saturday morning we headed to College Station to my parents to visit with my parents and my Aunt Amy and Jessica. We prepped for the next party and visited at the house. I even left the kids so my sister and I could go grocery shopping. Let me tell you this was probably the highlight of the weekend for me. Browsing around, wine and cheese samples, visiting with my sister--it was great! Someone even asked if we were twins, it doesn't get much better than that! After we prepped the jalapeño poppers (de-veined jalapeños, stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped in bacon) for the grill we headed out to Suzy's. Shawn and the rest of the family was already there. The kids were happy to see the family, especially their cousin Isabel. Max brought his boots and was running all over the place. I wasn't thinking and only packed sandals for Maddie which was a big mistake. She hated the sand and dirt in her toes, the bugs were flying around her --she was not happy! 





Once my parents showed up we were ready for lunch. The food was so good: brisket from C&J's, homemade potato salad, jalapeño popper, etc. We had a fun Easter Egg hunt in the front yard. The older kids had a scavenger hunt going too. At some point we all started in on the wine, whiskey and beer so the details are a little fuzzy, but there was an unusual game involving balls and pantyhose. We all had fun with it though. I didn't get any pictures, but my dad and Darren were the big winners!




The next day we had lunch over at David & Brenda's (to be continued)


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